Banca de DEFESA: THAYNA RODRIGUES CUNHA PORTO

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STUDENT : THAYNA RODRIGUES CUNHA PORTO
DATE: 11/04/2024
TIME: 14:30
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TITLE:

TIMES TO MIGRATE TO THE SOUTH: REPORTS FROM VENEZUELAN WOMEN WHO MIGRATED TO BRAZIL

KEY WORDS:

gender tactics; migratory trajectory; Venezuelan women; feminist methodology; internalization; Operation Welcome; Brasília.

PAGES: 110
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUBÁREA: Outras Sociologias Específicas
SUMMARY:

This work presents the reception process carried out by the Aldeias Infantis SOS institution in the
Federal District (DF), which mainly welcomes Venezuelan women. The study also understands the
extent to which they use, negotiate and (re)create gender mechanisms, being a social marker of
difference, in the migratory trajectory. For this, I carried out a qualitative analysis based on
participant observation and interviews carried out with Venezuelan women who are hosted by the
Aldeias em Brasília – DF organization. The fieldwork took place between March and November
2023, 6 interviews were carried out in the period from November 2023. Migratory flows to Brazil
since 2015 have had a sudden change in numbers. In a short time, Venezuelans became the largest
group to migrate to Brazil. In response to Venezuelan migration, Brazil created Operation Welcome
in 2018, which focuses on border management, reception and internalization. This will take place in
the context of internalization, more specifically of women who are in Brasília. The objective of this
study is, therefore, to understand the extent to which gender mechanisms are activated in the
migratory trajectory of these women. Using a feminist methodology and using interviews as a
research technique, I was able to learn a little about these women's life stories, their motivations for
migrating and, mainly, what the migration process was like. All interlocutors are mothers and came
to Brazil with their children. I found that Operation Welcome was designed to prioritize women,
especially single mothers, although some interlocutors reported being homeless in their first days in
Brazil. Through research, I concluded the need for specific public policies for single mothers to
guarantee financial, emotional autonomy and quality of life, considering the view that the Brazilian
Guardianship Council is a body to punish them and take away their children. The lack of a support
network and places such as daycare centers and comprehensive schools with priority for migrant
women, even caregivers in shelters, makes the process of autonomy difficult. Ultimately, Venezuelan
mothers depend on friendships with women in the same situations, resilience and alternative tactics
created by them to gain employment, undertake studies to improve their material conditions, as well
as to defend themselves and their children.

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